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…or “the world’s most mysterious manuscript”. The Voynich manuscript could very well be the most unreadable book in the world. Created in the early 15th century in possibly northern Italy, it was discovered in 1912 inside a library in Rome. It is named after the book dealer Wilfrid M. Voynich, who purchased it in 1912. ...
It was reported in October 2011 that a Ford Focus, a family car was subjected to a 120mph (192 kmh) crash test into a solid concrete wall. The usual crash test speed is a mere 40mph, but the car show Fifth Gear upped the ante 3 times over. A winch catapulted the car forward, smashing ...
“Smokin’ Joe” Frazier (born January 1944) was a legendary boxer who won Olympic heavyweight boxing gold in 1964, and was undisputed world heavyweight champion between 1970 and 1973, during a time some consider to be the greatest heavyweight era in history, with people like Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Jimmy Ellis, Floyd Patterson, Ken ...
While the fat paychecks of Hollywood A-list actors/actresses are usually worth it, some of them are grossly overpaid, according to Forbes. How Forbes arrived at its conclusion: - take the 40 highest-paid Hollywood movie stars who’ve made at least 3 movies in the last 5 years and have opened in more than 50 cinemas up ...
He wrote probably the most beautiful love song to have ever come out of Sabah – Sinar Matamu (1979?). The original version, vocalist: Rudy Ahmad The updated version Apart from that he also wrote perennial karaoke favourites Bertunang, the hard-driving Siapa Gerangan and Ibu. Bertunang (original version) Siapa Gerangan (updated version) Sandakan-born and bred Rashid ...
He wrote probably the most beautiful love song to have ever come out of Sabah – Sinar Matamu (1979?). The original version, vocalist: Rudy Ahmad The updated version Apart from that he also wrote perennial karaoke favourites Bertunang, the hard-driving Siapa Gerangan and Ibu. Bertunang (original version) Siapa Gerangan (updated version) Sandakan-born and bred Rashid ...
Quite recently my 2 kitchen windows had been rather popular with sparrows to sit on and poop. I noticed that they’d sit on top of the windows’ frames. So I stuck some solar powered “strawmen̶ 1; (actually cartoon characters people normally put in cars) on the inside of the windows, in the hope that they’d scare ...
According to Record Collector magazine, it’s the “Capitol executives” cover of The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album (released 1967). In it, the original Sgt Pepper collage done by Sir Peter Blake was modified in that the faces of the members of the Fab Four Beatles and other notable figures were replaced with ...
According to the Malaysia Government Portals & Websites Assessment 2011 (MGPWA 2011) conducted by MDEC: The best government portal is that of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government [score: 106, 5 stars]. The best ranked government portal from Sabah is that of the State Treasury Department [score: 61, 4 stars, joint 43rd place]. The ...
US-based ArKay looks and tastes like real whisky, but is alcohol-free, reputedly the world’s first. And just like the real tipple, it can be consumed straight, on the rocks or with mixers. Aimed squarely at the non-alcoholic drinks market, it goes on sale worldwide on 1st December 2011. That means it’s just in time for ...
On 15th September 2011, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in his Malaysia Day speech, announced that several draconian laws including the ISA are to be repealed under major civil liberty reforms. So you could guess what would be the country’s newspaper headlines the next day. Sabah’s top newspaper, Daily Express, also got in ...
Bernama reported on 15th October 2011 that the Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, 83 will be the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) for 5 years starting 13th December 2011. Hence, he becomes the only ruler in history to be Malaysia’s King for more than once. He ...
In September 2011, it was reported that Jason Yosinski and Igor Labutov, graduate PhD students at Cornell University put together 2 chatbots named Alan and Sruthi, then watched to see what they would talk about. Alan was modeled after a typical British man while and Sruthi looks and sounds like a South Asian woman. The ...



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